Oh, and don’t even think about it!

I’ve linked to the excellent work of Australian newspaper columnist and blogger Andrew Bolt many times over the year on this blog (see here.) So I was shocked to see that he was prosecuted and found guilty today in a federal court case over two columns he wrote in 2009 about race, entitlements, and politics. […]

Sigh. It’s good to be back home in the good ol’ USA after two weeks in Europe, but I certainly didn’t miss this kind of Nanny State nuttiness now manifesting itself in Colorado. Criminey: Day care centers in Colorado may have to meet new rules that regulate everything from the race of dolls to how […]

**Written by Doug Powers Okay, he didn’t quite put it that way, but that’s how I heard it: The 48-year-old, red-haired mascot has come under fire from health-care professionals and consumer groups who, in recent days, have asked the fast-food chain to retire Ronald McDonald. But McDonald’s Chief Executive Officer Jim Skinner staunchly defended the […]

**Written by Doug Powers A provision in the energy law signed by President Bush in 2007 mandates all light bulbs to be 70 percent more efficient in their use of electricity by the year 2020 (a bill mandating that government be 70 percent more efficient in their use of taxpayer dollars is nowhere in sight). […]

“Rampart, the victim’s pupils are fixed and Spanish…”

“Ya got a permit for that, Abe?”

**Written by Doug Powers How did Richard Dreyfuss end up not being involved in this? Former presidents Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush will serve as honorary chairmen of a new center at the University of Arizona that will focus on civility in political debate, university officials will announce Monday. The National Institute for Civil […]

**Written by Doug Powers If one of the main goals of the Department of Education is to educate parents on why they might want to consider the option of private or home schooling, then mission accomplished: MANSFIELD (CBSDFW.COM) – Some Students at Mansfield ISD schools could soon be learning Arabic as a required language. The […]

For those of you visiting here for the first time and looking for the pieces I mentioned on Hannity tonight, click The progressive “climate of hate:” An illustrated primer, 2000-2010 and Blame Righty: A condensed history. Yesterday, Doug Powers pointed you to the Boone County, MO Democrats’ gun-themed flyer that the civility police seem to […]

The anchor who once shouted that he “wished he brought a gun to work” after his Magic Screen malfunctioned (h/t Allahpundit), and who works for the network that made “Crossfire” famous (see Doug Powers for an iconic screenshot), is now interrupting his show for real-time p.c. language self-policing of guests who use the term “crosshairs:” […]

“Look at them yo-yos!”

The new liberal mantra: Guns don’t kill people. Adjectives do. The Washington Post’s business columnist peddles the Left’s hot political speech suppressant of the day: Republicans these days can’t get through a sentence without tossing in their new favorite adjective, “job-killing.” There’s “job-killing legislation,” in particular the health-care reform law. And “job-killing regulations,” especially anything […]

**Written by Doug Powers In Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life, a woman who had just given birth asked the doctors if her baby was a boy or a girl. One doctor replied disapprovingly, “It’s a bit early to start imposing roles on it, don’t you think?” That movie was made when that sort of […]

**Written by Doug Powers The CEO of McDonalds told the Center for Science in the Public Interest to go pound non-fat, sodium free sand over the summer, but they’re back with a lawyer this time: WASHINGTON—A mother of two from Sacramento, Calif., says that McDonald’s uses toys as bait to induce her kids to clamor […]

**Written by Doug Powers Here’s a federal job listing by way of Moonbattery. As you can see, there’s still time to apply: Over 200k just to separate the white males from the rest in order to contribute to a more colorblind society free from sexual discrimination? That sounds like a job I could handle — […]

Don’t squeeze the J-Nap.

Photoshop credit: Another Black Conservative Readers know I’ve been one of DHS Secretary Janet Clownitano’s most vocal critics — dating back to 2006, when she supported a disgraceful 9/11 memorial in Arizona poisoned by left-wing radicalism, through 2008, when the shamnesty wolf in enforcement clothing was tapped by Obama to head DHS, and, of course, […]

Banned Glory?

Today marks the one-year anniversary of the Fort Hood massacre at the hands of jihadist soldier Nidal Hasan. Thirteen men and women, plus the unborn child of Pvt Francheska Velez, died in the bloody rampage. 1. Lt. Col. Juanita Warman, 55, Havre de Grace, Md. 2. Maj. Libardo Caraveo, 52, Woodbridge, Va. 3. Cpt. John […]

**Written by Doug Powers In the City by the Bay, if you want to roller skate naked down Castro Street wearing a phallic-symbol hat and snorting an eight-ball off a transgender hooker’s chest while underage kids run behind you handing out free heroin needles, condoms and coupons to the grand opening of the neighborhood’s newest […]

**Written by Doug Powers Conversation coming soon to a prison cell near you: “What are you in for?” “Grand theft auto. You?” “Butter.” BALTIMORE — The Baltimore City Health Department issued its first environmental citation for repeat violations of the city’s trans fat ban. The Health Department issued Healthy Choice, a food facility in the […]

“No we are not” — er, yes we are

**Written by Doug Powers Outrageous outrage in the Daily Illini, courtesy of one David Green, Academic Professional: The vast majority of 9/11 observances in this country cannot be seen as politically neutral events. Implicit in their nature are the notions that lives lost at the World Trade Center are more valuable than lives lost in […]

**Written by Doug Powers KFC is “creating” more jobs than the Obama administration has all year, and I’m even willing to bet KFC has Team O beaten in the “lives touched” category as a result of this ad campaign: Women on college campuses are being paid $500 each to hand out coupons while wearing fitted […]